D5200 dSLR

D5200 dSLR

Record Screens & Menus

Please excuse the quality of the screen captures, including a live view through the lens. Although the D5200 does include A/V cables, the camera does not output the on-screen icons in Live View mode (other than the AF box), so we had to photograph the monitor.

When using the viewfinder for framing your shots, the LCD displays camera settings information, and offers 14 menus for quick settings changes (you access them by pressing the information edit button beside the viewfinder). The appearance of this graphic can be changed in the setup menu to one of six options.

In Live View mode, the LCD displays settings information along the top and bottom of the screen. It is shown here in Auto mode (see top left icon). Note that this is a photograph of the screen - if you plan to use the included A/V cable to output to a monitor, you will not see the settings information, only the image and AF box.

The view in Program mode is much the same as in Auto mode, though note the difference in some of the icons along the top row: Flash is off, and VI indicates that Picture Control has been changed from standard to vibrant. Also, the continuous shooting icon at top right shows I've changed from single shot to continuous high.

Pressing the information display button atop the camera, behind the shutter button, cycles the display through four views. This second view shows movie recording indicators, such as audio level (at left) and time remaining at current video setting (at right).

Another press of the Info button hides the previously discussed indicators.

The fourth display launched by the Info button includes a framing grid.

Pressing the magnification button on the back panel takes you through five levels of enlargement of the live view image, which is helpful, in particular, if you're using manual focus.

The maximum magnification on the LCD gets you very close - and the 921,000-dot resolution of the screen is very sharp.

Pressing the information edit button brings up a menu of common settings at the bottom of the screen. This is how it looks when using the viewfinder. In Live View, this same menu is overlaid on the preview image.

AF-area mode menu:

Single-point AF

Dynamic-area AF (9 points)

Dynamic-area AF (21 points)

Dynamic-area AF (39 points)

3D-tracking

Auto-area AF

AF-area mode menu (live view):

Face-priority AF

Wide-area AF

Normal-area AF

Subject-tracking AF

Pictured is the focus mode menu in regular shooting mode. In Live View mode, you can not use continuous auto focus. Rather, you get an AF-F option (full-time-servo AF) which focuses continually until you trip the shutter, but does not continue to focus thereafter for burst shooting.

The Picture Control menu lets you select one of six settings. Each setting can be customized, and the settings (including sharpening, contrast, brightness, saturation, and hue) can be shared with compatible software and devices.

Picture Control menu:

Standard

Neutral

Vivid

Monochrome

Portrait

Landscape

Shown above is an example of an explanation of camera settings you get when pressing the help button (zoom out) while navigating a menu.

Pressing the help button in shooting mode brings up an explanation of the
current shooting mode or photography suggestions (such as to use the flash in low
light), depending on the shooting mode. For example, if you're not using live view, pressing the button in Auto mode brings up an explanation of automatic camera settings on the TFT screen. But if you're using live view, no explanation or photography suggestion is offered. However, in shutter-priority mode, the camera offered the suggestion that I use a slower shutter speed, regardless of whether the camera was in live view mode or not.

The shooting menu is accessed by pressing the Menu button to the left of the viewfinder. This is where you can make changes to numerous settings, though some of them (like image quality) are also available more quickly by pressing the information edit button to the right of the viewfinder.

The function of the Fn button near the lens mount is set in the Custom Setting menu. In the Controls section, you also set how auto bracketing performs and the AE-L/AF-L button function.

Fn button menu:

Image quality/size

ISO sensitivity

White balance

HDR

NEF (RAW)

Auto bracketing

AF-area mode

Live view

AE/AF lock

AE lock only

AE lock (hold)

AF lock only

Auto focus (AF) on

The setup menu is where you perform a number of basic functions, such as setting monitor brightness, turn information display on or off, and set whether the camera cleans the sensor at start-up or shutdown or both (you can also select clean now).

The Recent Settings menu is a handy way to navigate quickly to settings you change often, but are not available more quickly via a dedicated button.

The camera can not record video while using the viewfinder (the dedicated movie record button simply doesn't work). Shown here is the movie record screen in Live View mode. To change the view you simply press the information display button, just as you do for still image shooting. As shown in the fourth image on this page, there is a movie record view that has an audio meter.

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